| Specifications |
| DIA |
SS-N-23 |
| NATO |
Skiff |
| Bilateral |
RSM-54 |
| Service |
R-29RM |
R-29RMU |
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Shtil [Shetal] |
Sineva |
| OKB/Industry |
3M37 |
| Design Bureau |
KB Makeev |
| Approved |
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| Years of R&D |
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| Engineering and Testing |
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| First Flight Test |
June 1983 |
2004 |
| Deployment Date |
1986 |
2007 |
| Launch system |
D-9RM with 16 missiles |
| Submarine |
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| Type of Warhead |
MIRV |
| Warheads |
4 (tested with 10) |
10 |
| Yield |
100 kt |
| CEP (m) (Russian Sources) |
500 |
| CEP (m) Western Sources) |
500-900 meters |
| Payload (kg) |
2800 |
| Total length (m) |
14.8 |
| Total length w/o warhead (m) |
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| Missile Diameter (m) |
1.9 |
| Diameter of Stabilizers (m) |
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| Launch Weight (t) |
40.3 |
| Fuel Weight (t) |
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| Range (km) |
8300 |
| Number of Stages |
2 |
| Warheads Deployed |
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| Booster guidance system |
astroinertial |
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1st stage |
2nd stage |
| Length (m) |
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| Body diameter (m) |
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| Fueled weight (t) |
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| Dry weight (t) |
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| Engine Designation |
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| Propellants |
Liquid |
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| Fuel |
Nitrogen Tetraoxid |
Nitrogen Tetraoxid |
| Oxidizer |
UDMH |
UDMH |
| Burning time (s) |
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| Verniers Thrust Sea Level/Vacuum (kn) |
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| Specific Impulse (s) |
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| Launching Technique |
Underwater wet start/ surface |
| Firing conditions |
Sea State
Submarine speed, kn
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